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From double-masking to medical-grade masks, is it time to ramp up protection?
January 29, 2021 - 5:30 AM

Increasing concerns over more infectious COVID-19 variants has led some to wonder whether our face masks need an upgrade.
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November 04, 2019 - 6:30 AM
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Donna Douglas, who starred as Elly May on hit sitcom 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' dies at age 82
January 02, 2015 - 3:22 PM

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died.
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THOMPSON: Is AI good or evil, or somewhere in between?
OPINION Apple started airing a television commercial called “Write Smarter” last Fall. It shows an office worker in a cubicle using Apple’s “intelligence” system on his iPhone 16 Pro.

$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather
The Okanagan tree fruit industry was hit hard by extreme weather last year and the provincial government is providing $5 million to help orchardists prepare for future extreme cold weather events. The $5 million Tree Fruit Climate Resilienc

BC weed store with 'no babies' policy avoids fine for underage sale
A BC weed store which wouldn't let anyone under 19 enter the premises, including babies, has managed to avoid a $7,000 fine after it sold cannabis to a minor. According to a recently published June 21, 2024 BC Liquor and Cannabis Regula

Developer pitches 4,000 'attainable' homes for Vernon
A Kelowna developer is proposing a huge development for Vernon featuring hundreds of affordably priced homes for a 1,000-acre site off Commonage Road. Kerkhoff Develop-Build wants to build 250 homes to begin with ramping up to 4,000 new hom

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From double-masking to medical-grade masks, is it time to ramp up protection?

8 sexy B.C. reds to sip by the fireside

Donna Douglas, who starred as Elly May on hit sitcom 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' dies at age 82

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